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My daughter is 4 weeks and is gaining good weight but I was still told by my doctor to not let her go passed more than 5 hrs without feeding. You should wake up your babe if they aren't waking up on their own.

My daughter will be 3wks tomorrow and she made her own schedule:
8am
12pm
4-5pm
8am
12am
2am
4am
6am

She's gone from 8pm to 2/4am before, but when that happens I get so full and start leaking and I really don't want to get overly engorged as weeks 1 and 2. I had to pump. I pumped 90mls once and she drank 80ml of that, my mom said I shouldn't, she might drown. But she was the one eagerly drinking and completed all that in less than 10mins.

In reply to Girlygirl83

19/11/16

My daughter is 4 weeks and is gaining good weight but I was still told by my doctor to not let her go passed more than 5 hrs without feeding. You should wake up your babe if they aren't waking up on their own.

I do... But she has her schedule. Just fed her and she threw it up. Too close to last feeding. Perhaps I'm trying to push too much. She was hungry lol

In reply to Girlygirl83

19/11/16

My daughter is 4 weeks and is gaining good weight but I was still told by my doctor to not let her go passed more than 5 hrs without feeding. You should wake up your babe if they aren't waking up on their own.

In reply to effpea1

19/11/16

Do you have same issue?

No I'm not having the same issues but with my first born she went 6 hrs without eating and I called telehealth who told me to wake her up to feed. This little one is past her birth weight and over 10 lbs and my doc still told me not to make her go for long stretches without eating. Everyone is different. If your baby has lots of wet diapers and seems to be happy then I'm sure it's fine.

Popping in from November! my little baby is 2 weeks old and I wake him to feed every 2-3 hours during the day. he will cluster feed like crazy from 5pm-9 or 10 pm. then I wake him again at 11:30 to feed. he will eat until midnight then sleep until 6 or 7am. gaining weight rapidly and my midwife is very happy with how he's doing. she said some babies are eager to get to 10 pounds which seems to be the case with me. I find when I wake him up during the day he is more sleepy for night time and will sleep through the night, it's been quite nice I must say!

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